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My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?
Francoise Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
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Film Director
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9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
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I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.
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To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.
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At night, time becomes a calm sea. It goes on for ever.
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